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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/navratilova-tells-of-africa-ordeal.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Martina Navratilova, who fell ill during a charity climb of Mount Kilimanjaro, has been discharged from hospital" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/min-navratilova-tells-of-africa-ordeal.jpg" alt="Martina Navratilova, who fell ill during a charity climb of Mount Kilimanjaro, has been discharged from hospital"/></a></p>
<p>Martina Navratilova has spoken of her agonising ordeal which put her in hospital after an attempt to climb Africa&#8217;s highest peak.</p>
<p>The 54-year-old US tennis legend was carried down Mount Kilimanjaro in a litter in the early hours of Friday after her lungs filled with fluid and she was unable to breathe.</p>
<p>After she was released from hospital in Nairobi, Kenya, where she was treated for high-altitude pulmonary oedema, Navratilova said she knew by Wednesday that she would not be able to reach the summit the 19,340ft mountain in Tanzania.</p>
<p>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t feel badly, I just couldn&#8217;t breathe. I couldn&#8217;t get a full breath of air,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Nothing hurt, and for an athlete that&#8217;s weird. Nothing hurt but I (couldn&#8217;t) go on.&#8221;</p>
<p>Navratilova, who battled breast cancer earlier this year, reached nearly 14,800 feet when a doctor with the 27-person climbing team told her she needed to descend.</p>
<p>Quitting, she said, was not in her vocabulary, but &#8220;when the doctor said you&#8217;re going down, you&#8217;re going down&#8221;.</p>
<p>She was disappointed and frustrated, but trying to push on would have been dangerous, she said.</p>
<p>The Czech-born winner of 18 Grand Slam singles titles kept a diary during her four-day charity climb.</p>
<p>Navratilova said she had been in great health since mid-August and that her bout with cancer earlier this year had nothing to do with her medical woes.</p>
<p>She was climbing Kilimanjaro to raise money and awareness for the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation. So far she has helped raise £50,000 and noted that failing to reach the top may have generated more publicity than if she had made it to the summit.</p>
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